About the Artists - 2011

Małgorzata Wojciechowska

Authoress, composer, singer and actress. She was born in Milicz. She studied drama acting at actor department PWST in Cracow, with vocal-stage specialization. She participated in many whole-Poland festivals, where she has been many times awarded, among others with:

• Grand Prix at the Whole-Poland Festival of Student Song “Łykend” in Wrocław (2000r.);

• II Prize at Castle Encounters “Let’s Sing Poetry” in Olsztyn (2001),

• III Prize at Student Song Festival in Cracow;

• Main collective awards for musical performances with songs of Łucjia Prus i Kazik Staszewski at FAMA (2002 and 2003),

• II Prize at the Whole-Poland Festival of Interpretations of Agnieszka Osiecka’s Songs. “Let’s Remember Osiecka” (2002),

• Grand Prix of Jonasz Kofta at the Whole-Poland Reviewof Author’s Song – OPPA (2004) and literary award of Marian Redwan for being the author of the best songs at FAMA.

She performed with recitals among others in Hybrydy club in Warsaw, in Piwnica pod Baranami win Cracow, in Przechowalnia club in Łódź and in Radio Cracow.

She likes: dogs, Bach and cabbage soup. She doesn’t like: slyboots, caraway and the Palace of Culture. She can: play, sing, write, knit. She can’t: force her way no matter what - and bake cakes. She should: get away from Warsaw to Wrocław, which is her love. She will eventually.

hałabuda

hałabuda – band. He was born in Autumn 2011. Grew up in Świeć, Wrocław, Poznań and Bydgoszcz. They present songs in their own key. Lyrical subject connects to He-She relationship. They play live. The band fulfils expectations of audience sensitive to text, voice production, pronunciation and way of playing without needles virtuosity. It’s at the beginning of its musical adventure and that’s why they are persistently preparing for recording their first album.

The band concists of:

• Magdalena Szaniecka, Poznań – she’s been playing the piano since she was 5. Never before has she played in any other band. Unusual musical sensitivity helps her to arrange perfect and unique improvisations. Her passion is Indians. She loves the band Take That.

• Wojtek Maziakowski, Wrocław – professional musician. Unusually open to new challenges. He plays contrabass and non-fret bass guitar. Aster of portamento. Every day he plays bass guitar in “Wolna Grupa Bukowina” and “4dziki”. Some time ago he discovered his passion for fishing, later – common travelling by bus. He hates waiting, especially for food.

• Wojciech Jerzy Szachno wski, Bydgoszcz – a graduate of the Musical Academy in Bydgoszcz. A talented student. Loves driving a car.

• Andrzej Hałabuda, Świecie – a musician and a manager. A founder and a co-creator of the band “Ukryty Zegarek”. For many years he’s been an organizer and an Artistic Director of Personal Song Marathon in Świecie, and he changed its name and route in history. Professionally – thunder hunter. He loves espresso and dark chocolade.

EKT-Gdynia

EKT-Gdynia is a brand which has been recognised and liked for 25 years now, by a third generation in a row. People who feel close to this true, moulded touristic song, and those for whom the sailing stare is as right as rain, will find in this band’s output satisfying words and tunes. EKT have published 5 CD albums, several cassettes, hard to say how many medleys, countless number of piracy records, some music videos, and many more or less dependent on the band records of their performance. Sound of this group is unconventional, strong, but also – when necessary – it sets the right air. The most important is what EKD do during their concerts – that’s a typical example of a band, whose presence and having fun with audience is an absolute priority! The musicians from EKT have always come from various parts of Poland (Gdynia, Wrocław, Łódź, Warszawa, Radom, Białystok, and other), but what never changes is their will to spend time in a useful way (in every possible meaning of this word), spend time with people and with one another. Music means fun to:

• Jan Wydra

• Ireneusz "Messalina" Wójcicki

• Jacek Fimiak

• Krzysztof Kowalewski

• Marcin "Ritus" Ritter

• Mark "Remik" Remiszewski (manager)

AtmAsfera

The group AtmAsfera is a surprising phenomenon on the Ukrainian stage. The band plays versatile ethnic music, with folk elements, coming from many countries all over the world, (from East to West), with Ukrainian and English texts, together with ancient language. They are constantly looking for new forms of expression, sounds, instruments, what makes every concert a surprising event, to which they devote themselves totally, to create the “atmasfere” of mutual contact between the musicians and the audience. They do not allow to close them in any frames or stereotypes. They try to express their feelings, thoughts and transfer them to their listeners. The name of the band is a cluster of two words: “atma”, which means a person, and “sfera” – space, which corresponds to what surrounds this person – her inner world of feelings and emotions. They have been playing since 2003. They performed upon many international festivals, most important of which are: Chervona Ruta (2005), Musical Ostrow (2006), Ethno Evolution (2006), Niv-rock (2006). They also participated in an international festival The Global Battle of the Bands 2007, they won the Ukrainian stage, and in the finale in London they won the fourth place. They have also played in Poland, among others at festivals in Warsaw: (Etno Cross Festiwal, Etniczne Inspiracje, Latający Holender) and several times at Przystanku Woodstock, where they have been awarded a prize of Złoty Bączek for the best concert upon the Folk Stage.

On 21 March there was a Polish premiere of their new album “Integro”.

Sergiusz Orłowski

A singer, a poet, a composer, a bard. He comes from Kłobuck, he lives in Cracow. He has won several prizes on festivals of non-indifferent song, among others : 4 distinctions at Biłgorajan Encounters with Sang Poetry and Author’s Song, participation in Students Song Festival in Cracow 2005(qualification from Jan Poprawa to a concert devoted to Wojtek Bellon in the Cracovian town hall), I prize at Bieszczadian Encounters with Art “Rozsypaniec” 2010. For three years he has been playing in a literary Cabaret “Błazen” in Częstochowa. He performs with recitals in Poland and beyond its borders, sings his own texts and texts of recognized poets. Regularly for 2 years he has been performing before the Cabaret of Piwnica pod Baranami in Cracow.

(...) (translation in progress)

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